Strainer.



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'STRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Application filed March 2, 1908. Serial No. 418,689.

To all whom it 'may connerie.:

Be 1t known that l, Vi'nnxir T. RUSSELL,

n citizen ot the United States, residing'rat l Vi'elleslev, in the county ot `Norfolk and State ot Massiifxhusetts, have invented a new :1nd usetnl Strainer, ol which the tollou'ingr is :i specification. i

This invention relates to :i strainer to he used tor various purposes.

The principal object ot the invention is to provide the strainer with improved means whereliy it may he rested en the` upper edge ol' a lrovvl or receptacle oi' anyv liind in sueh a Way that it will not tip to the right or left; whereby tue user may stir the contents ot the strainer with one hand while pourinerly with the other, said means heine` constructeiil in a single integralpiece, whereby its manu- Vtacture'is improved and siinpli'tied.

Further ohjects and advai'itn-gres ol the invention will appear hereinafter.

lt is so .'onstructed that the strainer has l three points ol support in a plane hut notin 1 a straight line., two of thein neingI at one end of the strainer and the yother beyond the opposite end.

the handle and does not require any special i Construction.

Reference to he had to the Lt-.companyiner drawings which show a pre terred forni ot" the inventionl in which- Figure l is a perspective view. plan showing how the device can rest on a receptacle, and Fig. f5 is an elevation sho\.v ingrr the torni oi the rest.

The iiivention may he applied to inn.' ordinary torni of strainer r/y vhavnt;I a handle l) ot vsition tor use..

port for the entire device, the side or end ot' the strainer o mosite the lmndle is n-ovided with a rest or clip r, prelierahly cinistrueted i of a single. piece oll wire passed through perlorations 1./ in the upper ringr e olI the st rainer and coiled :irnund the top ot'the. saune :Lt liot h ends. The wire extends directly out wurd l'roln the top oli the coils/'a short distnneo thus forming zx. supporting' surtfoe g/ und then .dips downwardl to torni soit ol hook lr. The lower nds otI the two hooks are connect The third point is furnished hv Fig'. 2 is a i z ed hy a cross-har r which integrally unites i the two parts ot the rest.

It will he seen that with this construetitm, there is a substantially horizontal.eurfaee g f projeeting troni the top ot' the endo'f the t strainer vir'hieh extends dfm'nvvardly so that i the strainer may he mounted on a dislrof any hind in such a way that the two horizontal portions will rest conveniently upo'n it and prevent any tipping ot' the strainer from tlnyordinarlT causes niet 'with in the use oi' such articles. Moreover, on account oi the slantingrin ner surfaces ot' the hooks 71,'

it willl he found that it is not neeissary to v exercise any special rare in placing the article in position, as these surfaces will .f readilyvv engage the top of the dish to which t the strainer is to he applied and guide it into proper position. j to prevent displaeen'ient Ot the strainer rearwardly and the edge oi' the strainer itself 'fof course prevents displacement in the opposite direction. Tipping` is prevented by the i'apt l that the two horizontal surfaces y nre sut icientl;r tar apart to aliord a irm rest together with the handie l) which may rest on the opposite side o'l' the dish.

.lt is well known that it requires three points to determine n plane and that it requires the saine nuinher ol" points to firmly support :ni article. on a plane. Advantwfe has heen taken ol' this 'tact in a most siinp e manner iu this invention to provide a [irin 'l'urnish a loop I'.- hy' which. the strainer may he hungl up in pral'tiee itl desired, with :in exeeedingly simple and inexpensive construction.

WhileI l have illustrated and descrihed the invention as applied in a particular way, l :un awne that niany modifications may he 3 nnide therein uithout departing troni the scope ot the invention as expressed in the elninxs. vTherel'ore, l do not wish to he t limited to the exuet details ol' construction l ho\\'u, hut What l, do clnini is: Y*

l. fis on artiele nl inanulneturo, a strainer eoznprisirnr n. tornnnnous hottoin and sides, and :i sheetmetal ring' at. tho topi-herent and lntvinp nenr the top ot one side thereof :t rest consisting ol' a single. integrnl pier-eell nire., the ends ot 'which extend through said ring :unl :ne seemed thereto nt a nnrtorial dis l tance apart so :r3 to l'orni two separate supl ports, and extend outwardly troni the top of They project far enough the ring and downwardly, the downward extensions being connected by a eross bar formed from the wire extending part way around the ring parallel therewith and spaced from the edge of the rin so that the strainer may be suspended t erefrorn as from a hook, whereby the strainer may be a plied to the upper edge of a dish or the lilie so as to have a firm support and so that the ed e of the dish will extend between the side o .the strainer and the downward extensions to preventthe strainer from tipping and 4horizontal displacement in either direction, and a handle located on the upper part of the strainer directly opposite said rest, whereby a three-point support' is provided.

2. As an article of manufacture, a strainer comprising a ioraminous bottom and sides, and a sheet metalring at the top thereof and having near the top of one side thereof a rest -eonsisting oi' a .single integral piece of wire,

from the .edge of the ring, whereby .the l strainer may be applied to the u per ed e oi' a dish or the like, softhat the edge, of te dish will extend between the side of the strainer and the downward extensions to prevent the strainer from tipping and horizontal displacement in either direetion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto lset my hand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM T. RUSSELL. W itnesses:

ALBERT E. FAY, ELIZABETH M. ALLEN.

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